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Visual defects restricted to either the right or the left VISUAL FIELD.

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Homonymous defects. (post-chiasmatic)

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Visual defects involving parts of both the left and the right VISUAL FIELDS so that visual field defects are non-overlapping. Almost always occur at the chiasm.

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Heteronymous defects

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Defect vision or blindness in approximately one-half of the VISUAL FIELD.

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Hemianopsia

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Defective vision or blindness in approximately one-fourth of the visual field.

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Quadrantanopsia or quadrantanopia.